come away

The ability of a heated finishing tool to separate
or "come away" cleanly during blind tooling
without sticking to the dampened leather and thus
damaging the grain surface. Rubbing the tool over
the flesh side of a piece of scrap leather which
has been rubbed with a mixture of white wac and
lard (1.25 parts wax to 1.0 part lard) facilitates
clean removal of a tool. (97 )